scrapandbeauty

::: |hello December| :::

---------> December is here! So excited for the Holidays and documenting this year for my December Daily album that I'm completely determined to finish this year. I don't have any set way that I'm going to document but just go along with the process and enjoy it.  My wreath is up and has been on the door for over 2 weeks now. I love the traditional colors, pine cones and berries. So perfect for the Holidays!

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Got a chance to take a few pictures of Aniyah before I washed her hair. I know I am biased but she's so beautiful. Can't stand that she's growing up. Ugh! Working on learning my camera more and taking better photos.

so far behind and hair update

I'm so far behind in scrapping. I just can't seem to sit down on the weekends! Too much to do, not alot of time and October is a really busy month. Hope to get back to normal soon.............*finally a hair change. I received my brazilian hair about 2 weeks ago and finally sewed it in this weekend. I'm loving the hair so far and the texture of it. It blends extremely well with my hair.  The only issue I'm having right now is frizziness.  I used flexi rods on the hair and slept in them to achieve this look.

feeling purple!

I decided to play around with some makeup looks yesterday and I went to my closet for some inspiration and grabbed this floral dress and ran with the purples. I think I found a new favorite color!

------------*kisses to you all.........................

The last pic is by far my fav........something about the vignette that was used with my phone. I took all of these with my phone.

For the look:  Face: MAC: Studio Fix Fluid in NW45, Select Coverup concealer in NW40, Mineralize SF in Deep Dark. MUForever HD translucent powder (under the eyes)

Eyes: MAC: Stud eyebrow pencil, Studio Finish Concealer in NW45 (SPF35 for under brows & base for eyeshadow) Milani: Baked Eyeshadow in Purrr-Fect Purple as base. MAC Stars-N-Rockets on top of the Milani shadow. Sugar Pill: poison plum eyeshadow (outter V), MAC Texture eyeshadow for crease color, MAC Bisque for brow bone highlight. Ardell lashes put on with DUO (you can find at Walgreens).

Lips: MAC courting lilac lipstick (LE) and Revlon lipgloss in lilac pastelle

fashion and my hair

 

 
I adore bold statement necklaces, bright colors and mixing textures. I've been more and more of fan of these things in my wardrobe lately and inspiration for this ecelectic style has come from all over. There are several places on the web that I draw inspiration from and of course the top being youtube and my recent love for stylepantry.com (I need to figure out what her name is, seriously). This look is completely me all the way. Ripped jeans, loose tee, layers of jewelry, blazer and comfy wedges. Pure perfection in my opinion.

While on her site, she made mention of a woman, Melody Ehsani whose name I had heard before thru some fashion pieces on youtube. Well, it wasn't until stylepantry made mention of it that it really rang a bell and I just about fell in love with EVERY SINGLE PIECE. Definitely have to get some pieces in my collection.

Natural Hair Journey......here I come....I think!

Hope to enjoy a quiet weekend. School is starting back up really soon so maybe a little shopping this weekend.

fashion and jbs cha release

 
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Today I'm am posting about 2 favorite things, fashion and my love for Jenni Bowlin. I'm always excited for CHA summer b/c the new Halloween and Christmas lines debut and they are my most favorite seasons for scrapping and decorating. I also love those seasons for fashion b/c blazers, boots, and scarves are some of my favs to wear.

Stylepantry.com has become one of my favorite places for fashion inspiration. I just love how she combines different textures/colors/patterns for unique looks and I just love the vintage feeling that I get when I see the things she wears. 

Speaking of vintage, Jenni Bowlin is by far my most favorite brand for scrapbooking. I've been a subscriber to her kits for almost two years now and I can't see myself giving it up. I am excited that this year, she will be debuting some fab new releases at cha summer 2011. My most fav will have to be the new Halloween and Christams collections along with the new stamps.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

EMF(essence music festival and fashion)

I can't begin to tell you how excited I am about going to Essence Music Festival this year in New Orleans. I am so looking forward to good food, music and live entertainment.  I've stretched my brain too far about wanting to make sure that I'm all dressed for the occasions. Speaking of fashion, I love bright bold colors. I love mixing elements and textures in fashion as well as in decor. I found this awesome fashionista thru Facebook and I am just so in love with her bold bright colors, mix styles and textures.

 

i got the blues....

 

I felt like having the blues this weekend.

Eyes: NW45 studio concealer to prime my eyes, NYX jumbo pencil in milk as a base. MAC Surf Baby (on the inner lid/tear duct area), Electric Eel (lid color), Deep Truth (outter lid/V). I followed the same colors on my lower lid.  MAC Saddle as my crease color and MAC Ricepaper as my brow bone highligh. Jordana pencil liner and Maybelline Great Lash mascara in blackest black. I used Sephora black eyeliner on my outter water line and Jordana silver glitter rocks on my inner water line.

Face: Ambi Even & Clear moisturizer w/SPF30. Milk of Magnesia in my T-zone to control oil. MAC Studio Fix Fluid in NW45, Select Cover-up in NW40 (as a highlight for my cheeks & underneath my eyes), MSF (mineralize skin finish) in Deep Dark (I think) and Make-Up forever HD translucent powder.

Cheeks: MAC Surf Baby Powder and NARS Albatross as a highlight

Lips: Cork lip pencil, fresh brew lipstick & Viva Glam Gaga 2 lipgloss

 
We had a really good weekend. I didn't get any scrapping done but I'm hoping to work on a project using my SC kit Paper Moon. The kit this month was more geared towards little boys but I'm hoping to put that to use.

JBS projects and photos

I finally got a few projects done with the JBS April Kit and I still have May's Kit to do and several past kits and project kits waiting for my attention.  I hope to get back to scrapping on a regular since my parents are moving to Illinois this week. Aniyah is in transition with them for some of the summer and I already miss her and it's only been a day.  I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend. I'm off to watch the first playoff game and finish baking my sweet potatoe pie.

This card needs a bit of journaling but I didn't have a card in mind for anyone so it is blank for now.

 

 

some photos

 
 
 

 

Snapped these quick photos. Hope to have some scrap projects to post next.

just some photos......

 

  

I snapped these photos on Sunday over Mother's Day. My baby is getting so big. Can't believe in two weeks that school will be out and she will be starting 2nd grade. Where does the time go?

Happy Mothers Day

 

 
 
Once again my hair has gone thru another change! Change is good right? LOL! I absolutley love my La'Bella Couture earrings! I have another pair and they are truly the talk of the night. I have nothing on my face and on my lips is MAC Currant lip pencil and Up the Amp lipstick (which is my fav pink). Love how Aniyah made it into my photo!

Mother's Day was awesome and I'll post some pics on that later this week.  I love Tina's blog and how she does a post on currents, so I'm joining in.

listening: Steve Harvey morning show online at work 
eating: Frosted mini wheats
drinking: hot tea
wearing: crop pants, cardigan and heels
feeling: happy today for some reason
weather: sunny and hot (90 degrees today)
needing: a new camera lens and to save
enjoying: loving on Aniyah
wondering: if I'm gonna pass and take the GMAT

Have a great week loves and I'll be back for some photos and scrapping.  Oh, Happy Birthday to my sis-in-law Nikki. We love you!

hair change

 
I can't ever keep my hair the same! LOL! It goes thru changes but I do love it short.  I kept the make-up simple this weekend. I used my MAC studio fix powder in NW45, select moisture concealer for under my eyes in NW40 and MSF in Dark to set it.  I did a light contour of Blunt and Format on my cheeks and about 3 sprays of Fix+.  I kept the eyes simple with just liner and falsies (my fav pair from Kiss) and for my lips I have on Lady Gaga II with the lipglass and Cork liner.  This is my normal look minus the bold falsies for work.  I may go one or two days out the week with no foundation just to allow my face to breathe but I definitely know that my skin can't take full coverage with Studio Fix Fluid. It breaks my skin out.

On a sadder note, my heart throbs for Japan right now in the midst of the earthquakese, tsunami's and now the nuclear threats. I lived there from 1997-2000 and I still have family and friends there, all of whom are safe. I can't believe all the pictures that I've seen and videos that I've watched of the damage. They are a very strong country and I know that they will thrive and bounce back. I will continue to keep them in my prayers and asks that everyone do the same. <3 Japan!

my makeup-storage

 
 
I can't believe that it's already March. Time is definitely moving by. This is currently how I store my make-up. I don't have much but I tend to get certain things and stick to them. I'm starting to try more brands of make-up now although MAC will be my most fav. There has been some drugstore brands that have truly impressed me lately. Anywho, I got this "filing cabinet/drawers" from Ikea. I initially got it to add to my scrap room but I thought it would be perfect in my bathroom to store my make-up in.  The container on top stores my brushes. I don't have many of them but I'm slowly starting to buy more. It is a combination of some MAC and Sigma brushes.

 
 
 

This first drawer is for my face products (foundations, primers, fix+, concealers and skinfinishes). I think I have my brush cleaner in there as well. I love MAC packaging so I tend to keep everything in it's originial boxes.

 
 
This second drawer is for my MAC eyeshadows, pigments, blushes and some NYX eyeshadows.

 
 
 

This third drawer has all my other eye products. It has my primers, NYX jumbo pencils, lashes, mascara, q-tips, duo, eyebrow products.

 
 
This drawer holds my lippies. I organize it all the time and once I open it, everything falls and shifts.

 
 
This drawer holds all my other eyeshadows, mostly my drugstore shadows. I definitely need to use these more often. The last drawer holds my 120 palette and some ELF compacts.  I am usually very neutral M-F for work. I keep it really simple with foundation, masacara, liner and my neutral lip. I rarely use eyeshadows for work. I save all those looks for the weekend.  My hope is that I will start showing more pics of me "made up" on the weekends when we are out and about.

Can't wait for my scrap kits to arrive this month. I plan to pick up a few more things from MAC to continue building my collection and hopefully I can start posting some videos in the near future.